Brussels: Former Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin should be removed from a list of people sanctioned by the European Union after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU General Court said on Wednesday. The Luxembourg court said that “the family connection with his father, Russian businessperson Dmitry Mazepin, is not sufficient for him to be regarded as being linked to his father by common interests and, therefore, for him to be maintained on those lists.” Mazepin’s father, Dmitriy, has a majority stake in mining company Uralkali and is the former majority stake holder in its subsidiary Uralchem. The Mazepins were put on the EU sanctions list along with around 2,000 other people and organizations after the start of the invasion, with assets frozen and entry into the EU prohibited. The EU said at the time that Nikita was a “natural person” to be added to the list because of the family connection. (DPA)
